Chris Smith actually said...

"Sadly, career staff at the State Department and USAID have ignored the law and thwarted the will of the President, the Congress, and the people we represent."

"This campaign has included a tax on political opposition members including arrest, detention, disappearance and killings."

"I don't see that as progress when so many others were disqualified."

"I introduced a bill just the other day, this week, on Azerbaijan's ongoing and egregious human rights abuses, particularly political prisoners."